Will the US rejoining the Iran nuclear deal be harmful or beneficial?
Will the US rejoining the Iran nuclear deal be harmful or beneficial?
A “clean return” without ironclad new provisions that strengthen and lengthen the JCPOA will diminish U.S. clout and destabilize the Middle East.
By Uzi Rubin
Signatures on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with Iran. On the top left side is Persian handwriting by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. July 14, 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
(February 2, 2021 / JISS) One of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s major election promises was a U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), a multilaterally negotiated agreement regarding which former President Barack Obama was enthusiastic, but from which his successor President Trump withdrew in 2018.
28 January 2021. PenzaNews. The EU countries no longer consider Juan Guaido, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, the “interim president” of the Bolivarian Republic. In a joint statement by EU foreign ministers made on January 25, the self-proclaimed head of state, along with other opposition figures, was named “an important actor” and “privileged interlocutor.” Photo: D. Myles Cullen, Flickr.com/whitehouse45
“The EU reiterates its support to all those working towards a democratic future for Venezuela. The EU repeats its calls for […] the freedom and safety of all political opponents, in particular representatives of the opposition parties elected to the National Assembly of 2015, and especially Juan Guaido, as well as other representatives of the democratic opposition. The EU considers them to be important actors and privileged interlocutors and encourages the democratic opposition to take a unified stance with a view to an inclusive process of dialogue and
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